Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-08-27
CONDENSED NEWS.


Talton Dauzy, colored, was hanged at
Charleston, S. C., Friday for murder.
The fishing schooner Lydia 7. Crowell, OF
Beverly, Mass, which carried crew of fif-
teen, has been given up for lost.
Alex McCue, solicitor of the treasury,
has been appointed commissioner of fish
and fisheries to succeed the late Professor
Baird
The statesmen of the various large cities Of
assembly under the auspices of the Knights
of Labor.
Cardinal Gibbons has promised to make the
closing prayer and pronounce the benediction
at the approaching constitutional celebration
in Philadelphia.
The imperial family of Russia are visiting
their royal connections at Copenhagen. The
Danish capital was gaily decorated Friday in
honor of their arrival.
A ma jority of the creditors of W. O. Tyler
& Co, the suspended paper dealers of Chi
cago, have agreed to accept 221s cents on the
dollar for their claims
A number of firms throughout the country
will, it is said, be dragged down by the fail
ure of Mitchell, Vance & CO., the New York
manufacturers of gas-fxtures.
Matt W. Pinkerton, the detective has
brought an action for libel against William
A. Pinkerton, chief of the famous agency,
laying his damages at $4,000
The Jews of Taganrog and Ristoff, which
has just been annexed to the Don Cossack
country, are being expelled. Many Of them
are coming tn ha limited Statas
A. J. Werner was arrested in Kansas City
Friday for completely in the robbery of the
first National bank, of Burlington, Colo, of
$40, 600, which caused the failure of that in
stitution.
Mary Frahm, young woman, died IN
Niles, near Chicago, Friday, from the effects
of clubbing administered by her,.stepfather.
Charles Huff, some days ago, while i'll liquor.
HUFF has been arrested.
The banks of the Galena river, Illinois, for
considerable distance are lined with dead
fish of all sizes and varieties, from which a
sickening stencil emanates. Various theories
are advanced i'll explanation of the phenom-
enon.
Douglas F. Carlin, chief clerk of the Chey-
enne agency, was married at Pierre, ID. L.,
Friday to the wsalthest heiress OF the Sioux
| reservation. The ceremony was witnessed
by over 900 Indians, and the festivities will
last three days.
R. G. Dun & Co.. in their weekly trade re-
| view, note some improvement in general bust
ness throughout the country The volume OF
legitimate trade is large, although in some
important branches there is a shrinkago, The
| tendency of prices for most commodities is
| upward
Ex- Congressman Gibson, of West Virginia
| was fined $50 and sent to Jail at Huntington
| in that state, Friday, by Judge McGinnis fol
| contempt of court Gibson and MciuDis
have been at emmity for years, and the for.
| mer while trying a case before the Judge, in
| timsted that he was open to bribery.
The failure of Jake Sharp's attorl ey to ap
ply for his admisSIonto bail is attributed Il
| their intention to ask for an Inquiry into hi
mental condition heis said to have receives
the news of the stay granted by Judge Pot
ter with indifference, and to have made NJ
allusion to the matter since His friends in
sist that his mind is seriously affected. Gov
| ernur Hell, at the request Vt the district attor
ney, has convened Mt extra term of the su
preme court for Sept Tor the trying Of tn,
Sharp appeal